Cougars quarterback could be out for season with bizarre calf injury

Jeff Tuel is suffering from acute-compartment syndrome in his right calf. (Getty Images)

Washington State quarterback Jeff Tuel is possibly out for the season, but not because of the collarbone he broke earlier in the year.

Tuel, a junior, is suffering from acute-compartment syndrome in his right calf.

The calf was bruised in Saturday’s loss to Oregon State. It needed to be drained of blood late Sunday night.

“With five weeks left in the year I wouldn’t expect this to cause him to miss the next five games, but it definitely could be this week and next week,” Cougars coach Paul Wulff said Tuesday, according to Vince Grippi of The Spokesman-Review. “At this point his body needs to heal.”

His left collarbone was sore after the game, but an exam revealed he did not break it again.

Marshall Lobbestael, a fifth-year senior, will make his seventh start of the season when the Cougars travel to Cal on Saturday.